This is great, thanks. For anyone who might take a recommendation, the 1993 "Much Ado" is, indeed, excellent. It's a play filled with joie de vivre and the movie reflects that. Featuring an unexpected Don John. Then the 2012 Much Ado is one of the better things Joss Whedon did.
Whedon's much ado is what got me interested in shakespeare as an adult. I liked how it let the funny parts still be funny but the dramatic parts were allowed to be serious and not played for a laugh.
